Note: In this chapter Ziva is assumed to know that the twins are her nieces.
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Abby was appalled when she found out Ziva let Gibbs go. They were all supposed to stick together. "What?" Abby had snapped.
"Gibbs has left. He wishes for you and me to watch Nicole and Sabrina. He told me that he would be gone a week maximum," Ziva said regretfully. She felt guilty. She should have gone after him.
"You didn't go after him?" Abby screamed. Suddenly one of the girls started crying. "See? They already miss Gibbs!" Abby spitefully told Ziva.
"They are just hungry," Ziva said acting oblivious. Abby scowled. She still couldn't believe that Gibbs had hired her. He replaced Kate with a Mossad officer. She didn't want the best for the team.
"Well, leave them here," Abby said angrily. She didn't want them with Ziva.
"Okay Abby," Ziva said sadly. She knew Abby was angry. She also felt it was partially her fault... he had been her charge. So she walked to the elevator and pressed the up button. She flipped the emergency off switch. She stood in Gibbs' 'conference room.' "Oh Gibbs. Where are you?"
Jen stood in her office. Contemplating whether or not she should go after him. They were partners back in the day and she knew he would do something stupid. That was just Jethro. Just then her phone rang. "Director Shepard," she answered.
"So official Jen," Gibbs said.
"Jethro! Where are you?" Jen yelled at him.
"Waiting for you to come after me. You really are the Director now. Hesitating. Actually, I was counting on your hesitation. I need to let you know that you are not to come after me... for anything," he told her.
Was that an order? "Is that an order Jethro? I don't believe you have the authority to do that. I am your boss after all," she said smugly.
"No Jen, it wasn't an order. It was a request... as my partner and friend." She could hear the sadness in his voice.
"You must take care of Kate's children if I never return. They are with Abby and Ziva for now," Gibbs told her. He hung up. Jen sighed. She would have to go after him. She grabbed her weapon and told her secretary, Cynthia, that she might be away for awhile. She turned and went home to pack. This was going to be a long trip.
McGee was sitting at his desk. He was staring unconsciously at the orange walls. Gibbs was gone. McGee wondered if would ever come back... alive. Wherever he was going. McGee then started to wonder if maybe they should go after him. The maximum penalty was death and the minimum was getting fired... maybe a Gibbs Slap. Just then, Tony walked over and sat at his desk. He was wearing the same expression as McGee... wondering. "Tony," McGee started, "do- do you think... maybe?" McGee stopped. He wasn't good at this.
But Tony knew what he was thinking. "McGee, I've been wondering the same thing since he left the Bullpen," Tony told him. So Tony was having doubts too.
"Should we- should we ask Ziva what she thinks?" McGee asked.
"That might actually be a good idea," Tony said.
"What might actually be a good idea?" Ziva asked as she got off the elevator.
"We were just wondering what you thought of Gibbs leaving. Should we go after him?" Tony asked her.
She had already beaten herself up over this very question. Maybe this was her chance to make things right... with herself and Abby. "I think, no, I know we should go after him. Call it the famous Gibbs stomach," Ziva said.
"Gut, Ziva. The famous Gibbs Gut," Tony told her.
"Well, are we going to stand around all day correcting my English? Or are we going after Gibbs?" The two men immediately stood and grabbed their gear. The trio walked to the elevator and went to the parking garage. They went their separate ways.
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